The Kinks, from the British Invasion, evolved steadily over time. They stayed true to their roots but still tried new things ...

Ray Davies thought that The Kinks were on the verge of separating, and he inadvertently wrote one of their most poignant ...

The guitarist blamed boring guitar sounds and his own love of imperfection for his actions, saying, "That sound was born out ...

The Kinks' frontman Ray Davies has named the song that he doesn't enjoy being compared to The Beatles. It is not unusual for the two bands to be compared, given that they were both making music around ...

Exploring the striking satire at the heart of Ray Davies' masterpiece track 'Victoria', released in 1969 by The Kinks and ...

The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote ...

Were Little Richard and Johnny Ray our founding fathers? These are the sorts of questions that Jon Savage’s fascinating book, ...

Ray Davies spent his life committed to education and human rights in Tucson. Following his death earlier this month, the 93-year-old is remembered fondly for his work. “He was just a genuine ...

Ray Davies of the Kinks was getting all maudlin about it, more than 40 years ago - 'They put up a bowling alley,' he sang in Come Dancing, 'on the site that used to be the local Palais.' ...

On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the required ninth state to ratify ...

To read about the polymath was to marvel at how much he was venerated by the best and seemingly brightest. As no less than Oprah Winfrey once said, Nichols was the individual that everyone wanted to ...